Ok so, from now on Skye's going by Daisy to avoid confusion when they're together.

(Well hopefully, I'll try to remember to call her that. Hopefully I won't slip up 😂)

"So Hydra's here?" Ward asked as he pinched the bridge of his nose while he and Daisy sat in the cafeteria.

Daisy sipped her drink and sighed, "unfortunately, yes."

"The Hydra here, or the Hydra from the future?"

Daisy's face paled and her eyes widened. She hadn't thought about that. What if the two Hydras joined forces? They were already outnumbered, if they joined forces it would be suicide just to think about trying to take them down.

"I'm not sure," she replied.

Ward nodded, "you told Coulson, right?"

She nodded and took a sip of her beer, "yeah, I told him. He told Fury about Hydra and they've been monitoring all the agents. Hopefully we can wipe them all out soon."

Ward held his beer bottle out and Daisy tapped hers against it. "Here's to hoping," he said.

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Daisy knocked on the door to younger-Skye's bunk, "it's me, Daisy. Can I come in to talk to you?"

She heard a muffled reply that sort of sounded like a 'yes' so she opened the door and sat down on the bed, next to the girl.

"How've you been holding up?"

Skye sniffed and gave a weak smile, "I'm alright, I guess."

Daisy rested a hand on Skye's shoulder, "I know this is hard. I used to know them too."

Skye looked up at her, "you did?"

Daisy nodded, "yeah, I'm an old friend."

Skye couldn't explain it, but she felt safe around Daisy. She leaned in against Daisy and Daisy protectively wrapped an arm around her, "I know there's not much I can say when you see something traumatic like that, but if you ever need to talk or to cry or whatever, I'm always here."

Skye nodded and whispered a quiet, "thank you." She wiped the tears out of her eyes and sat up, "you said it was a group called Hydra who killed them, right?"

Daisy nodded, "yes."

"I want to take them down."

Daisy smiled fondly at the small girl's determination to take down Hydra.

"I can't put you in danger, I'm sorry," Daisy replied, much to Skye's dismay, "but," she added a moment later, "I can see about getting you into the Academy. It's where they teach you to become a spy and you can take down organization like Hydra."

Skye's eyes lit up, "that sounds awesome."

"How old are you?" Daisy asked curiously.

"I just turned 14," Skye said.

Daisy looked stunned for a moment and replied, "I thought you were 13."

Skye shook her head and smiled, "no, I just had my birthday."

Daisy thought for a moment, had she really forgotten her own birthday? Well, she had other important things to worry about a the moment.

"Happy belated birthday, then."

"Thanks," Skye muttered shyly. "How old do I have to be to enter the Academy?"

"18."

Skye's smile fell, "oh. I figured it would probably be something like that." All of the sudden she looked panicked and frantically turned towards Daisy, "are you going to send me back to the foster system until then? I don't want to go back!"

Daisy smiled and rested her hand on the girl's shoulder, "shh, it's ok. I will do everything in my power to make sure you don't have to go back there."

Skye smiled and hugged Daisy, "thank you for everything."

Daisy cradled the girl's head and smiled, "of course."

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"How's your mini-me?" Ward asked that night as they stood outside their bunks.

Daisy shrugged and leaned up against her door, crossing her arms, "she's doing alright." Daisy chuckled, "she wants to help take down Hydra and join the Academy."

Ward chuckled softly and shook his head, "of course she does. Well that definitely proves she's you."

Daisy raised an eyebrow and smirked, "what, determined?"

"Definitely."

Daisy smiled and turned towards her bunk, "goodnight."

Ward nodded and started to enter his own, "goodnight, and happy belated birthday, by the way."

Daisy smiled, 'he remembered?' She ignored the funny feeling in her stomach and whispered a soft, "thanks," before entering her room and closing the door behind her, hoping to get some sleep.